Latest articles by Matt Mills
Ho99o9's Yeti Bones: 10 records that changed my life
From the "black metal version of hip hop", to original shock rocker Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Sepultura and the Mr. Bungle track that "gets him horny" these are Yeti Bones' all-time favourites
Slipknot, Papa Roach, The Offspring and more have been added to the Battlefield 6 videogame soundtrack
The online FPS is entering its second season, after debuting to much hype last October
Carpenter Brut is fighting the boy band-ification of metal and Elon Musk
Carpenter Brut has some fighting words about the inspiration for his new album Leather Temple
Iron Maiden turn only 2026 UK show into its own festival, including acts featuring band’s former members
Stray, Maiden United, Airforce and more will open the metal titans’ newly expanded two-day event
Amon Amarth are taking cues from Maiden on album 13
Amon Amarth have big plans when it comes to album 13 and the impending European tour
Paramore’s Hayley Williams will appear on the new album by Failure, the best alt-rock band who never got their dues
The trio’s seventh album, Location Lost, comes out in April
Tool hope to release a new album and put on a residency at Las Vegas’ Sphere in 2027
Drummer Danny Carey says the prog metal band have been “talking to” the owners of the Vegas venue
How Emperor wrote the grandiose anthem that became black metal’s first ‘hit’
Emperor’s most famous song can make grown men cry
As one of the UK’s leading bands stop touring, we need to talk about the toxic effect a ruined music industry is having on heavy metal
Metalcore stars While She Sleeps are taking a hiatus from the road – if things don’t change, more artists will follow
Paleface Swiss vocalist is happy he offends people by kissing his bandmates
The deathcore band’s members take a stand against toxic masculinity by sharing a snog onstage
Riley Pinkerton explains how her death anxiety is at the core of Castle Rat’s shows
The band’s performances are styled after fantasy imagery – but they’re also based on singer/guitarist Riley Pinkerton’s personal fears
Ghost’s Tobias Forge says it was a relief when he lost his anonymity: “I can’t eclipse what Ghost is. I’m not interesting enough.”
Forge was revealed to be the man behind the band when he was sued by four former members in 2017
How Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter became Iron Maiden’s only UK number-one single
Despite a BBC ban, winning a “Worst Original Song” award and being pulled from the band’s setlist, Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter remains one of Iron Maiden’s biggest tunes
Maynard James Keenan thinks people have relegated Puscifer to the “third side-project category”
The singer believes the band have been “marginalised” due to the greater commercial success of his other two projects, Tool and A Perfect Circle
A lounge cover of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath was “the creepiest thing” Ozzy Osbourne ever heard
Pop-rockers The Cardigans put a chilled-out spin on the Black Sabbath song in 1994, and singer Nina Persson says the Prince Of Darkness was freaked out by it
President vocalist blasts comparisons to Sleep Token as “lazy”
Mr President doesn’t see the similarities between his band and the other masked, anonymous, pop-metal sensations dominating heavy music discourse
Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson’s next album features Sepultura members and is being recorded at Dave Grohl’s studio
Sepultura guitarist Andreas Kisser lets some big details slip in a new social media post
How the death of a loved one, pig squeals and TikTok helped crown a modern metal classic
It also officially introduced the world to one of the best vocalists in metal today
Sharon Osbourne is in talks about bringing Ozzfest back
She’s hoping for a return next year, with a lineup that goes beyond rock and metal
Ice-T explains why he changed lyrics from Body Count’s Cop Killer to ‘ICE Killer’ last year
United States Immigration And Custom Enforcement agents have fatally shot two people on the streets of Minneapolis this month
Dave Mustaine doesn’t want to reunite with certain former Megadeth members because they bad-mouthed him in interviews
It doesn’t help that other ex-members have apparently given up their instruments, as well
Watch the trailer for Paul Di’Anno documentary Di’Anno: Iron Maiden’s Lost Singer, featuring Metallica, Slayer and Kiss members
Written and directed by Lemmy’s Wes Orshoski, the rock doc is due to come out later this year
Every solo album by Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson ranked from worst to best
Even if you take The Beast out of the equation, Bruce Dickinson has had a magical career. Here are his seven albums in reverse-order of excellence.
